Coming to America: Does Having a Developed Home Country Matter for Self-Employment in the United States?

Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo; Belton, Willie

doi:10.1257/aer.102.3.538

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“…The slope of home-country self-employment is more or less constant in income and insignificant over the entire distribution in upper left figure. The pattern in the middle left figure-illustrating the relationship between the incorporated self-employment propensity and home-country employer shares at different income levels-is in line with Oyelere and Belton (2012), i.e., the effect of the employer share is increasing in home-country GDP. The marginal effects are significant in lower-income percentiles, where they are negative.…”

Section: Second-generation Self-employmentsupporting

confidence: 53%

“…Indeed, the results of Table 4 do not provide robust confirming evidence of a persistent impact of native entrepreneurial culture on the selfemployment decision of individuals. Oyelere and Belton (2012) show that the probability of becoming self-employed in the USA increases with higher levels of development. We therefore want to take into account the possibility of observing higher home-country effects when income is larger at the same time.…”

Section: Second-generation Self-employmentmentioning

confidence: 95%

“…Further determinants related to the country of origin may affect the individual's choice of profession. For instance, income in the home country may matter for selfemployment in the country of immigration (Oyelere and Belton 2012). Our basic argument is simple.…”

Section: Differences In Entrepreneurshipmentioning

confidence: 97%

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Revisiting native and immigrant entrepreneurial activity

Lassmann

Busch

2015

Small Bus Econ

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Entrepreneurial activity differs substantially across immigrant groups in the USA, but relating self-employment rates in the US to home-country selfemployment shares has provided inconclusive results in previous studies. This paper offers new evidence on the relationship between native self-employment and the self-employment decision of immigrants and their descendants. We argue that the previous literature has neglected to account for different proxies of entrepreneurial behavior and for determinants of self-employment in the country of origin. We find mixed evidence of a significant relationship between entrepreneurial activity of US immigrants and two different measures of entrepreneurial activity in their respective countries of origin. Our findings suggest that differences in selfemployment across immigrants of different origin are to some degree an expression of the behavior acquired under varying economic and institutional environments.

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Section: Second-generation Self-employmentsupporting

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Revisiting native and immigrant entrepreneurial activity

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Busch

2015

Small Bus Econ

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“…Note that, our results pertain broadly to the average self‐employment rates among immigrants in developed countries. However, some empirical results show that the rates differ across developed and developing country sources—for example, Fairlie and Mayer (), Lunn and Steen () and Oyelere and Belton ()—the last study showing that it is higher for those originating in developed countries and therefore at odds with many earlier results.…”

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confidence: 93%

Skilled and Unskilled Immigrants and Entrepreneurship in a Developed Country

Beladi

Kar

2015

Review Development Economics

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Evidence from some OECD countries suggests that skilled immigrants are over-represented in entrepreneurship. We offer an analytical explanation to show that it may be a direct outcome of asymmetric information between immigrants and potential employers in the rich countries. Limiting occupational choices to self-employment and employment, we show that skilled immigrants vis-à-vis natives may be proportionally over-represented in small businesses. This compensates for the income loss in the labor market. It results from higher critical risk aversion among skilled immigrants compared with natives and subsequently leads to higher average income for all immigrants in the cross-section. Finally, we show why a lesser number of unskilled immigrants enter self-employment and discuss the speed of income convergence between all immigrants and natives.

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“…See Oyelere and Belton (), Lofstrom (), Toussaint‐Comeau (), Fairlie and Woodruff (), Borjas (), and Light, Bhachu, and Karageorgies ().…”

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Use of Bank and Nonbank Financial Services: Financial Decision Making by Immigrants and Native Born

Northwood¹,

Rhine²

2017

Journal of Consumer Affairs

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This study examines the joint decisions made by immigrant and native‐born families about whether or not to have a bank account and to use nonbank financial services (NBFS). Immigrant families, especially those from Mexico or other Latin American countries, have a higher probability of using NBFS than native‐born families, regardless of their banking status. Residing in concentrated ethnic enclaves or being a US citizen, however, lowers the probability of using these services. Similarly, native‐born Black and Hispanic families are more likely to use these services than native‐born White families. Our findings support continued efforts to encourage mainstream participation among immigrant and minority native‐born families. Having access to mainstream financial services can help these families establish financial stability and economic mobility. To our knowledge, this is the first comprehensive study of immigrant families' joint decision making about using NBFS and bank account ownership.

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Coming to America: Does Having a Developed Home Country Matter for Self-Employment in the United States?

Cited by 25 publications

References 7 publications

Revisiting native and immigrant entrepreneurial activity

Revisiting native and immigrant entrepreneurial activity

Skilled and Unskilled Immigrants and Entrepreneurship in a Developed Country

Use of Bank and Nonbank Financial Services: Financial Decision Making by Immigrants and Native Born

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